Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1891 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The schooner Publico Bello met with a disaster off tho eoast of Newfoundland on the 10th, and seven lives were lost. Information about the Pope's recent attack of illness is refused at the Vatican, The general impression is that his condition is serious. The destitution among the lower classes in Germany is becoming intense. Potatoes, the usual price of which is 11* marks per bushel, now cost 6 marks per bushel. Bread is becoming dearer every week. Every branch of commerce is suffering and many bankruptcies are announced.